1981-82 New Jersey Nets Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 44-38
Finishing 3rd in the NBA's Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference
Postseason: 0-2 Lost conference first round
Conference First Round - Lost to Washington Bullets 2-0
Coach: Larry Brown (44-38)
Location: East Rutherford, New Jersey
Attendance: 568,861, Avg. 13,875 in 41 home dates

1981-82 New Jersey Nets Roster
1981-82 New Jersey Nets Results

The New Jersey Nets of the National Basketball Association ended the 1981-82 season with a record of 44 wins and 38 losses, finishing third in the NBA's Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-2.

The Nets racked up 8,746 points and allowed 8,690. Ray Williams tossed in a team-leading 1,674 points for New Jersey, and Buck Williams contributed 1,005 boards. Ray Williams dished out 488 assists for the squad.

On defense, Ray Williams added 199 steals.

Larry Brown coached the team. The 1981-82 New Jersey Nets lost in the conference first round.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Ray Williams	G	82	69	2732	1383	639	54	9	465	387	117	208	325	488	199	43	290	302	1674
Buck Williams	F-C	82	82	2825	881	513	1	0	388	242	347	658	1005	107	84	84	235	285	1268
Albert King	F-G	76	52	1694	812	391	13	3	171	133	105	207	312	142	64	36	180	261	918
Mike O'Koren	F-G	80	32	2018	778	383	23	8	189	135	111	194	305	192	83	13	147	175	909
Darwin Cook	G	82	17	2090	803	387	31	7	162	118	52	103	155	319	146	24	175	196	899
Len Elmore	C-F	81	70	2100	652	300	0	0	170	135	167	274	441	100	92	92	136	280	735
James Bailey	F-C	67	0	1288	440	230	0	0	213	133	110	233	343	52	39	76	120	228	593
Otis Birdsong	G	37	22	1025	480	225	10	0	127	74	30	67	97	124	30	5	64	74	524
Foots Walker	G	77	54	1861	378	156	9	3	194	141	31	119	150	398	120	6	107	179	456
Mike Gminski	C	64	6	740	270	119	0	0	118	97	70	116	186	41	17	48	56	69	335
Sam Lacey	C	54	6	650	149	64	1	0	35	27	20	83	103	73	20	37	54	137	155
Jan Van Breda Kolff	F-G	41	0	452	82	41	2	0	76	62	17	31	48	32	12	13	29	63	144
Mike Woodson	G-F	7	0	145	68	30	1	0	32	23	5	8	13	16	7	2	9	21	83
Ray Tolbert	F	12	0	115	44	20	1	0	8	4	11	16	27	8	4	2	12	19	44
David Burns	G	3	0	34	5	2	0	0	6	3	0	2	2	4	1	0	5	4	7
Joe Cooper	C-F	1	0	11	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	2	2
Totals		846	410	19780	7227	3501	146	30	2354	1714	1194	2320	3514	2096	918	481	1620	2295	8746

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Ray Williams	G	82	69	33.3	46.2	16.7	83.2	1.4	2.5	4.0	6.0	2.4	0.5	3.5	3.7	20.4
Buck Williams	F-C	82	82	34.5	58.2	0.0	62.4	4.2	8.0	12.3	1.3	1.0	1.0	2.9	3.5	15.5
Albert King	F-G	76	52	22.3	48.2	23.1	77.8	1.4	2.7	4.1	1.9	0.8	0.5	2.4	3.4	12.1
Mike O'Koren	F-G	80	32	25.2	49.2	34.8	71.4	1.4	2.4	3.8	2.4	1.0	0.2	1.8	2.2	11.4
Darwin Cook	G	82	17	25.5	48.2	22.6	72.8	0.6	1.3	1.9	3.9	1.8	0.3	2.1	2.4	11.0
Len Elmore	C-F	81	70	25.9	46.0		79.4	2.1	3.4	5.4	1.2	1.1	1.1	1.7	3.5	9.1
James Bailey	F-C	67	0	19.2	52.3		62.4	1.6	3.5	5.1	0.8	0.6	1.1	1.8	3.4	8.9
Otis Birdsong	G	37	22	27.7	46.9	0.0	58.3	0.8	1.8	2.6	3.4	0.8	0.1	1.7	2.0	14.2
Foots Walker	G	77	54	24.2	41.3	33.3	72.7	0.4	1.5	1.9	5.2	1.6	0.1	1.4	2.3	5.9
Mike Gminski	C	64	6	11.6	44.1		82.2	1.1	1.8	2.9	0.6	0.3	0.8	0.9	1.1	5.2
Sam Lacey	C	54	6	12.0	43.0	0.0	77.1	0.4	1.5	1.9	1.4	0.4	0.7	1.0	2.5	2.9
Jan Van Breda Kolff	F-G	41	0	11.0	50.0	0.0	81.6	0.4	0.8	1.2	0.8	0.3	0.3	0.7	1.5	3.5
Mike Woodson	G-F	7	0	20.7	44.1	0.0	71.9	0.7	1.1	1.9	2.3	1.0	0.3	1.3	3.0	11.9
Ray Tolbert	F	12	0	9.6	45.5	0.0	50.0	0.9	1.3	2.3	0.7	0.3	0.2	1.0	1.6	3.7
David Burns	G	3	0	11.3	40.0		50.0	0.0	0.7	0.7	1.3	0.3	0.0	1.7	1.3	2.3
Joe Cooper	C-F	1	0	11.0	50.0			1.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	2.0
Averages		846	410	23.4	48.4	20.5	72.8	1.4	2.7	4.2	2.5	1.1	0.6	1.9	2.7	10.3

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Albert King	F-G	2	58	33	18	0	0	5	4	3	5	8	6	5	1	5	8	40
Buck Williams	F-C	2	79	26	14	0	0	15	7	11	10	21	3	1	2	4	7	35
Ray Williams	G	2	77	47	14	5	2	5	4	8	4	12	14	4	0	6	10	34
Darwin Cook	G	2	86	33	13	3	0	6	2	0	3	3	9	2	2	9	7	28
Len Elmore	C-F	2	76	16	9	0	0	4	4	1	15	16	2	1	2	2	4	22
Mike O'Koren	F-G	2	44	11	3	1	0	2	1	0	8	8	3	1	0	2	8	7
Mike Gminski	C	1	10	3	2	0	0	2	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	5
James Bailey	F-C	2	26	3	1	0	0	2	2	2	4	6	1	2	1	3	5	4
Jan Van Breda Kolff	F-G	2	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	1	1	0	0
Ed Sherod	G	2	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0
Totals		19	480	174	74	9	2	41	25	25	51	80	39	19	9	32	52	175

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Albert King	F-G	2	29.0	54.5		80.0	1.5	2.5	4.0	3.0	2.5	0.5	2.5	4.0	20.0
Buck Williams	F-C	2	39.5	53.8		46.7	5.5	5.0	10.5	1.5	0.5	1.0	2.0	3.5	17.5
Ray Williams	G	2	38.5	29.8	40.0	80.0	4.0	2.0	6.0	7.0	2.0	0.0	3.0	5.0	17.0
Darwin Cook	G	2	43.0	39.4	0.0	33.3	0.0	1.5	1.5	4.5	1.0	1.0	4.5	3.5	14.0
Len Elmore	C-F	2	38.0	56.3		100.0	0.5	7.5	8.0	1.0	0.5	1.0	1.0	2.0	11.0
Mike O'Koren	F-G	2	22.0	27.3	0.0	50.0	0.0	4.0	4.0	1.5	0.5	0.0	1.0	4.0	3.5
Mike Gminski	C	1	10.0	66.7		50.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	5.0
James Bailey	F-C	2	13.0	33.3		100.0	1.0	2.0	3.0	0.5	1.0	0.5	1.5	2.5	2.0
Jan Van Breda Kolff	F-G	2	8.0	0.0			0.0	0.0	1.5	0.0	1.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0
Ed Sherod	G	2	4.0	0.0			0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0
Averages		846	25.3	42.5	22.2	61.0	1.3	2.7	4.2	2.1	1.0	0.5	1.7	2.7	9.2